Davebarbier

Truck is back together and the clunk is gone. I believe the upper ball joint was the culprit. That was the only part I replaced that had obvious play.

Thanks for the help

RJR

Glad you got the clunk solved. I had a mysterious clunk as well that I couldn't find. Happened on the right hand side at slow speeds, when I went from forward to reverse, or vice versa, with the wheels somewhat turned (not full lock). I pried around on it with crowbars and 2x4's, shook the wheel, but couldn't figure it out.
Then last week I decided to tweak the camber on the passenger side. I put my breaker bar on the LCA bolts, expecting to have to pull my guts out to break them loose - they're supposed to be torqued to 145 ft-lbs. To my surprise, the rear one on the passenger side took very little effort; probably less than 50 ft-lbs. I made my adjustments, retorqued the bolts to the proper value, and the clunk is gone. My theory is that the LCA was shifting slightly due to the inadequate torque on the adjustment bolt.

Just another thing to check if you have a mysterious clunk.

bubbaa

i have a 95 tacoma reg cab and it was making a knocking sound when i would hit a big bump and it was a crack control arm were the rubber bushing goes - i welded a couple big steel washers and now its better the oem i had to do it on both sides

Just_ Rollin'

• Constant Velocity (CV) Joint Boot Kit - Front Left Inner
• PART # :CVB 6862103

• Constant Velocity (CV) Joint Boot Kit - Front Right Outer
• PART # :CVB 6862185

If you decide to do the ball joints I DO NOT recommend MOOG for them, go with OEM Toyota. I almost always use OEM for everything but for the tie rods I don't think it matters, ball joints are a much different story. MOOG ball joints were puny compared to the OEM ones but OEM is twice as much.

I replaced my CV boots, however, mine were only cracked but not breached. Since yours are breached, junk could have gotten in and begun to score the internal components and mixed in with the bearings. In your case I might then recommend a new CV axle. The cost isn't too much more than replacing the boots and the boot replacement is slightly cumbersome. But then again, OEM CV's will be pricey and I don't know if there is a good third party replacement for cheap.